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Variety of languages

8 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Alther

Books of language or better known as dictionaries. Where the dictionary contains a variety of languages ​​that exist in this world, of course, depending on which language we choose or want to learn more deeply. For example dictionaries of English, In...

The language of ivrit ( עברית ) Genesis 32, Post #5

5 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments hebrew

Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 32:20-25 Movie source at 11:13:39 There was only this line animals and servants moving ahead to meet Esau in the movie portrayal of this story. In the Tanakh, however, there were drov...

The language of ivrit ( עברית ) Genesis 32, Post #4

29 Jul 2022 2 minute read 0 comments hebrew

  Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series.   Genesis 32:14-19   source   We saw Jacob praying last week because he was afraid of what will happen when he meets his burly sibling again. There is so much more to lose now than when he had left. B...

The language of ivrit ( עברית ) Genesis 32, Post #3

22 Jul 2022 1 minute read 1 comment hebrew

Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series.   Genesis 32:10-14 Movie capture source at 1:16 Jacob is at a very tense time in his life. He is returning near the place of his upbringing and is very worried about his brother taking reve...

How I'm learning french in my free time

30 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Marcus Porcius Cato

When I was in 10th grade, I was 16 years old and it was the last year that I took french classes in high school. In my two final years in high school I took different classes and did not study french anymore. I'm 25 years old now working full-time an...

Japanese learning #6: falling of the wagon

3 Nov 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Crazy kappa

Over the weekend I didn't practice any Japanese. Although it isn't the end of the world it is still disheartening especially since I had the opportunity but didn't capitalize on it. I was busy playing a blockchain game called Gods Unchained (somethin...

Japanese learning #4: pronunciations

28 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Crazy kappa

An interesting thing about Japanese is that in different regions words are pronounced differently. For example, in the Kanto region 日本, meaning Japan, is pronounced nihon while in other places like Kansai it is pronounced nipon. This poses an inter...

Japanese learning #3: Kanji is crazy

27 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Crazy kappa

One thing that I find confusing about Japanese is the Kanji system. Granted, I haven't put that much effort into learning about it, and I've heard that a lot of Japanese people use Hiragana anyways, so maybe it isn't as important as I'm making it out...

Japanese learning #2: Transliteration is easy!

27 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Crazy kappa

One thing that I like about Japanese is identifying and reading transliterated words is straightforward because they are all written in Katakana (at least from what I've seen so far), so I understand them fairly quickly. I am proficient in Hebrew, bu...

Japanese learning #1: In medias res

25 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Crazy kappa

I have been learning Japanese for around a couple of months now using the Refold method (in sources).  I haven't strictly adhered to it as I still haven't finished reading all of it, and I'm taking a more laid-back approach to language learning. I us...